Climbing Injury Study
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Hi all, |
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Great idea and I'm very interested in your results. |
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Thanks for the comments. You can't determine from this type of study what works in preventing pain and what doesn't work. To do that, you need to follow two groups of people without pain, have one group do exercises and one group not, and watch the outcomes. You can only determine if doing exercises is associated with a reduced prevalence of elbow or shoulder pain from a survey study like this. I am just trying to determine whether doing or not doing various exercises in broad terms is associated with elbow and shoulder pain, and because of that the questions do not need to be ultra-specific. In the future I may design a more detailed study, this is really just a pilot study. |
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If your university offers a sampling class in its statistics department I would really recommend taking it, or checking if that department has a consultation program. Either would be helpful and would kick your study up a notch (eg address convenience sample issues, making sure your study population lines up a bit more with your target population, addresses potential measurement errors) |
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Hi John, |
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Completed. |
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I have to agree with SMR especially regarding the "shoulder rotation" question. What does that mean? It is totally non-specific and therefore I am not sure how you can glean any useful information from it. Shoulders "rotate" 180 degrees (or more) in multiple planes but..... |
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I think there is value in trying to understand shoulder health so investigating this question is worthy. |
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Interesting human subjects research. What's your IRB approval number? |
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If you're going to do more research once you're done with this pilot, I encourage you to find out what survey software is available through your university and make use of it (i.e. Qualtrics). |
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Scott O wrote:Interesting human subjects research. What's your IRB approval number?Are you sure it's not IRB exempt? |
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Linnaeus wrote: Are you sure it's not IRB exempt?This study would probably qualify for exemption, but would still require a formal exemption. I always include that the study was reviewed and exempted at the start of a survey. If nothing else, it's a good heads up that he should think about going through the exemption process if he hopes to present the results anywhere. |